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Bärenmühle - Gedenktafel

Operngasse 18, Wieden (1040), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Stein (Sandstein)
Plaque made
1937
Epoch
Zwischenkriegszeit und 2. Weltkrieg
Address
Operngasse 18
District
Wieden (1040)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.19991, 16.36694
Object number
96595

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1813 map "Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1843 · (With directional lighting) Neuester Plan von Wien und Dessen 34 Vorstaedten in Relief. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1866 · Plan der Haupt-u. Residenz Stadt Wein mit der neuen Bezirkseintheilung, Strassenbenennung… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1877 · Wein. (Nieder-Osterreich) (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)

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The City of Vienna's record

Bärenmühle.
Die Sage erzählt: Im Jahre 1660 wurde der Besitzer der Mühle von einem Bären überfallen und von seinem Knecht, der durch das Fenster der Mühle
gesprungen war, gerettet.
Die Mühle war bis 1856 im Betrieb. Dieses Haus wurde im Jahre 1937 erbaut.

Relief ober der Inschrift: der Knecht umfasst von rückwärtes den Bären, zu dessen Füssen der Müller liegt. Im Hintergrund die Mühle.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the City of Vienna (Stadt Wien), in German. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the City of Vienna (Stadt Wien); it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

Bärenmühle.
The legend tells that in the year 1660 the owner of the mill was attacked by a bear and rescued by his farmhand, who had jumped through the window of the mill.
The mill was in operation until 1856. This house was built in 1937.

Relief above the inscription: the servant embraces the bear from behind, at whose feet the miller lies. In the background the mill.

Other plaques nearby

Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Datenquelle: Stadt Wien – data.wien.gv.at (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0). Inscriptions and notes are reproduced unchanged. Stadt Wien · CC BY 4.0
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